March 14, 2011

How we normally are--visually expressed 2

My artwork, done also sometime ago, and again, the interpretations are up to you.

The earthquake this time was caused by the sudden movements of earth's plates under the sea. The earth is constantly accumulating stress and time to time the stress must be released to maintain the healthy state. In this sense, the earth is a living thing just as we are. Disaster from our point of view, and recovery from the earth's point of view.

When the earth moves, our balance is disrupted. That is how the bigger system works, and we human just have to accept it.

Good wishes to you and the people of Japan. Already 60 countries have volunteered help, including China. Maybe some good will come out of this and the long standing wounds in the relations between your country and your neighbour China will finally heal. I hope so.

Apropos "I wish I were a bird" - I recall just after the earthquake there was a woman who said that something happened just before it:

the sky darkenedand then the crows were restless, excited

This sudden darkening of the sky before an earthquake is also mentioned in the account of Christ's crucifixion.

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A haiga (haiku+artwork) artist. A priest of Tenrikyo.
The advisor of World Haiku Association, and the judge of WHA Haiga Contest (http://www.worldhaiku.net/).
Living in Tenri, Japan, near a city called Nara. My full name is Kuniharu Shimizu: seehaikuhere(at)gmail(dot)com